Bank of Singapore strengthens UHNW family office team

Bank of Singapore has strengthened the senior leadership bench for its Family Office and Wealth Advisory business. This is a strategic move to support clients, as they address increasing complexities in planning for succession, legacy and wealth transfer, an especially important concern for ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) clients, which is a key growth segment for the bank.

Against this backdrop, 2025 saw a record number of client engagements for the Family Office and Wealth Advisory team globally. The growth trajectory is projected to accelerate.

In support of this growth, Elvin Ho will join Bank of Singapore on 4 May 2026 as head of Family Office and Structuring Solutions. In this role, Ho will lead the bank’s Competency and Solutions Centre in developing its family office offering, wealth structures particularly for the bank’s UHNW segment and philanthropy.

Ho joins from JPMorgan Private Bank where he advised UHNW clients across Southeast Asia on multi-jurisdictional general taxation, estate and succession planning. Prior to that, he spent 19 years at UBS AG in senior roles spanning wealth planning, investment consulting, markets and business risk as a Competency Centre head.

As part of the strengthened leadership structure in the team, Jiawen Guo will take on the new role of head of Family Office and Wealth Advisory, Singapore, with responsibility for the Singapore-based Wealth Advisory team.

Christine Wong continues to lead the Family Office and Wealth Advisory team in Hong Kong serving the bank’s growing domestic and Greater China markets, while Yasmine Omari leads the team in Dubai, supporting the bank’s clients from Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Harry Ng has also been appointed senior wealth advisor, providing oversight of key client relationships for the Singapore and Malaysian markets.

Ho, Guo, Wong, Omari and Ng report to Paul Chua, head of Family Office and Wealth Advisory, Bank of Singapore.

Supporting OCBC Group’s whole-of-wealth push

The build out of Bank of Singapore’s Family Office and Wealth Advisory team is in line with OCBC Group’s whole-of-wealth proposition, a focal point of its Next Frontier corporate strategy. The team will be well positioned to stay ahead in advising families amid growing demand in planning, and provide clients with access to solutions involving OCBC Bank, and Great Eastern Holdings which is the insurance arm of OCBC Group. Bank of Singapore is the private banking subsidiary of OCBC Group.

Chua said, “We are pleased to have Elvin join the Family Office and Wealth Advisory leadership team as he brings extensive experience in managing the technical and industry developments that impact our clients’ planning. Elvin is an industry veteran with deep technical competence and client experience. We have also taken the opportunity to optimise our global team structure for future growth with strong leadership to support initiatives out of our Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai hubs. Going forward, we continue to leverage on our differentiated wealth advisory approach to help clients address their most important objective and purpose – to grow and preserve their wealth for the next generation.”

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